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David Morgan (12 May 1721 – 19 May 1813), sometimes known as "The Great Indian Fighter", was a soldier, mountaineer, pioneer, and frontiersman in what is now the state of West Virginia. He was born in Christiana, New Castle, Delaware, the third child of Morgan Morgan and Catherine Garretson Morgan, traditionally stated to be the first white ...
This is a list of explorers, trappers, guides, and other frontiersmen known as "Mountain Men".Mountain men are most associated with trapping for beaver from 1807 to the 1840s in the Rocky Mountains of the United States.
Jedediah Strong Smith (January 6, 1799 – May 27, 1831) was an American clerk, transcontinental pioneer, frontiersman, hunter, trapper, author, cartographer, mountain man and explorer of the Rocky Mountains, the Western United States, and the Southwest during the early 19th century.
Along with Old Bill Williams, Hamilton worked and was friends of John Bozeman and Jim Bridger. [2] He has been described as a mountain man, trapper, and scout of the American West, [3] [4] living in the mountains for more than 50 years.
Alexander Toponce portrait. Alexander Toponce (November 10, 1839 – May 13, 1923) was an American pioneer in the Intermountain West region of the United States. His family immigrated to the United States from Belfort, France when he was seven and Alexander left home about three years later.
From 1846 to 1869, more than 4,600 Mormons died traveling along an integral part of the road west, the Mormon Pioneer Trail. The trail started in Nauvoo, Illinois, traveled across Iowa, connected with the Great Platte River Road at the Missouri River, and ended near the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
Adam then followed his father and brother to western Maryland until about 1740–41, after which he moved to the southern end of newly formed Augusta County, Virginia. After finding out that his land was not in Augusta County when the line was surveyed in 1746, Adam left Virginia in 1747 and migrated to North Carolina where he became the first ...
Edward Charles Creighton (August 31, 1820 – November 5, 1874) was a prominent pioneer businessman in early Omaha, Nebraska.The elder brother of John A. Creighton, the Creightons were responsible for founding many institutions that were central to the growth and development of Omaha.